James Comey confirms Twitter account that was anonymous

By

Allen Cone

Oct. 23 (UPI) --James Comey has been using an anonymous Twitter account, according to a journalist and friend of the former FBI director.

The Twitter account now goes by the name of @FormerBu after previously being called Reinhold Niebuhr. The feed earlier Monday included a picture that appears to show Comey standing on a highway in Iowa. The post said: Goodbye Iowa. On the road home. Gotta get back to writing. Will try to tweet in useful ways."

Benjamin Wittes later posted on his Twitter account: "Ok, in light of this latest tweet, I will confirm that @FormerBu is, in fact, James Comey himself."

Reinhold Niebuhr was a well-known theologian about whom Comey wrote an undergraduate thesis at the College of William & Mary.

Some posters on Twitter were speculating he was running for U.S. president because photos were taken in Iowa. Washington Post national reporter Robert Costa posted, "Former FBI director Jim Comey tweets this pensive photo from Iowa, wearing running shoes in the home of the caucuses."